. >>> and lindsay lohan was taken back to jail in handcuffs for failing a drug ordered test. now back to "hardball." >>> please welcome president bill clinton, ladies and gentlemen. >>> welcome back to "hardball." president bill clinton this week shows that he moves with equal ease from late shows with political strategist. in fact, his advice to democrats in this midterm. >> i think that the democrats ought to put on one card no more than five and no fewer than three things that will be their priorities. we've still got a chance here, we have 30 days to have an honest debate. >> can he make the difference for democrats? an msnbc political analyst, jim vandehei politico. and howard, howard, let me start with you. it is interesting to me to watch bill clinton in essence, second guessing some of the folks in the white house. he's supportive but second-guessing the strategy. when he frankly had the same problem in 1994 and there were people second-guessing, though, not so publicly. not so publicly. >> yeah, there were. there was a whole generation of kennedy people, for example,